28 JOTTINGS ABOUT BIRDS. 



98. THE COMMON HERON Ardea cinerea, Lin- 

 naeus, is a winter visitor to Algeria : I am not 

 aware that it breeds in the country. Taczanowski 

 states that it is rare. 



99. THE PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea, Lin- 

 naeus, is a winter visitor to Algeria. 



100. THE BLACK-NECKED HERON Ardea melano- 

 cephala, Childr., is of only accidental occurrence in 

 Algeria, according to Loche. 



1 01. THE GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba, 

 Linnaeus, is a winter visitor to Algeria ; whether 

 it breeds here I am unable to say. 



102. THE LITTLE EGRET Ardea gar-Letta, Lin- 

 naeus, is a winter visitor to Algeria; its breeding 

 range, if any, is yet undetermined. 



103. THE BUFF- BACKED HERON Ardea bubulcus, 

 Audouin, is a resident, and breeds in suitable dis- 

 tricts in Algeria. Taczanowski states that it was 

 rare, but gives the Fezzara Lake as a locality for 

 this species. 



104. THE SQUACCO HERON Ardea comata, Pallas, 

 is a resident and breeds in Algeria, but owing to 

 drainage many of its haunts have been destroyed 

 a statement, by the way, which applies to numerous 

 other species. 



105. THE NIGHT HERON Nycticorax griseus (Lin- 



